Cartridge-packet.



PATENTED MAR. a1, 1903,

c. H. A. F. L. ROSS. CARTRIDGE PACKET. jAPPLIOATION I'ILED JULY 15, 1992.

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PATBNTED MAR. 31, 1903.

f0. H. A. P. L. ROS$. CARTRIDGE PAGKET. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1902.

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SPECIFIQATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,127, dated March 31,1903. Application filed July 15, 1902. Serial Ne. 115,521. (No model.)

Qb'aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY AU- eusrus FREDERICK LOCKHART Ross, hardnot, a citizen of Great Britain, and a resident of Baln-agowan Castle, in the county of Ross, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge- Packets, of

which the following isa full, clear, and exact specification. v v

This invention is an improved cartridgepacket for packing and transporting cartridges in safe and compact form, convenient for quick opening, and adapted also to transfer the contained cartridges in a correct predetermined position to the magazine of a firearm. The packet isbox-like inform and entirely incloses the cartridges, thereby eXclud-' ing dust, dirt, dampness, and other undesirable elements to which it may be exposed while in service or while being stored or transported. One side of the box is adapted to be ripped ed by the user just prior to emptying the cartridges into the magazine, and that side is provided with abarrier ordetent which remains after the cover is ripped off and serves to hold back one end of the file of cartridges, so as to deliver them in proper lapping relation into the firearms-magazine, this being particularly desirable and necessary in the case of rimmed cartridges to prevent the possibility of the rims from interlapping in such a way as to prevent the cartridges from being fed singly into the firing-chamber of the gun. in most firearms the uppermost car- *tridge in the magazine is pushed forwardly into the firing-chamber by the breech-bolt of -the.firearm, and in such casesif the rims of the uppermost cartridges or one of them should lie behind the rim of the succeeding cartridge this would in most cases block the operation -of the' firearm.

These cartridge-packets may be made of different materials, according to the character or of conditions of service, the different materials requiring somewhat different treatment,-more particularly as to the construction of the. corners and joints, the character of which should be suited to the particular materials employed. The forms of construction suited to the use of two different materials--namely,tin and pasteboardare shown Figures 1 to 6 of the drawings represent this packet as I prefer to construct it when made of pasteboard, while Figs. 7 to 12, in-

clusive, represent a packet of the same size and character as I prefer to construct it when made of tin or other sheet metal.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a side view of a closed packet made of pasteboard, showing in dot-and-dash lines the position of the cover when pulled. off to empty out the cartridges. Fig. 2 is an end view projected from the righthandend of Fig. 1, while Fig. 3 is an end view projected from the left-hand end of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the closed packet of Fig. 1, while Fig. 5 is a similar view with the cover open. Fig. 6 is a side View in section, showing the reversed packet with the cover stripped oif and the ends and bottom of the box' shown in section to illustrate the procedure of emptying the cartridges. a side view of a sheet-metal packet, showing in dot-and-dash lines the position of the cover when opened to empty out the cartridges. Figs. 8 and 9 are end views of the packet of Fig. 7 projected from the right and left hand ends thereof. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the closed packet projected from Fig. 7, while Fig. 11 is a plan view of the opened packet. Fig. 12 is a side view in section taken through the bottom and end walls of the packet of Fig. 7 reversed for emptying out the cartridges and illustrating the operation of the barrier or detent for the points or bullet ends of the cartridges.

Modern cartridges are made substantially tapering in general outline, the bullet being considerably smaller than the ammunition case or shell, and many of these cartridges are made with an enlarged rim, which further increases the difference in size between the two ends of the cartridge, this packet being particularly adapted for the packingand loading of the rimmed type of cartridge.

This type of cartridge usually requires to be loaded into the magazine of the firearm in a particular relation, so that their projecting rims will not interlock, and thus block the loading operation at critical times. As the Fig. 7 is the box and serves "as ahinge-fo t thereof, as best shown in Fig. 3.

cartridges lie in the magazine their .riins should be so disposed as to avoid this interlocking, and thus permit each cartridge to be pushed forward without interlocking its rim with that of the succeeding cartridge.

In the construction of this packet from pasteboard, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, the blank is stamped out, scored, and bent up at thecorners in the customary way, the body 10 being made of the suitable dimensions and proportions to contain the required number and size of cartridges. After being folded the corners are secured in the customary way, after which a wrapper 11 is pasted around the packet, upon which may be printed the designation of thecartridges, instructions for use, and any other information that may be desired.

In order to enable the cartridges to be emptied from the packet in proper and uni form relation'as to their rimmed ends, the packet is provided with a barrier 15, which extends far enough from the corresponding end of the box'to obstruct the exitof that end 'of the cartridges, so that the cartridges in falling out of the box assume the position shown in Figs. 6 and 12. This barrier in the case of a pasteboard box is preferably made of a separate U-shaped piece of pasteboard, the ends 16 of which are pasted to the opposite inner sides of the packet adjacent tothe; end. flush with or below the top ofthe packet, sov that the cover 18 may be fastenedclosely down upon thebody of the packet.

preferably madeyalso ofa separate piece'ot the same pasteboard,ieinlforced by aastrip-ofr cloth 19, which. isi nde rfi-the 'ocrve-nan'd the The end 20 is securely pasted tii'theigbody'iof as shown in Fig. 1; but the end' 21uis less se curely. fastened, usuallyon'ly by the-paper wrapper 23, which is pasted to the body of the packet and holds thefend 2l withij'jsuffi-l cient security for transportation, but so that; it may be readily ripped ed by the operator takinghold of,the;pr0jecting end,21," whicihI is left loose for that purpose; Thus-the coverff is secured to the body only by the pastedend jf 21 of the cloth strip and the paper wrappers 11 and 23, through which the end 'ZIof-the cloth strip and theedgesof the coverlS tear readily, thus with certainty making a clean opening or mouth, through which, the car tridges empty freely.

the cartridges are inserted the cover 18""is:

the flap 21.

upon the sides of the box, 'preferably lapping beneath the packet upon the inclined side 12..

In opening The outer or barrier portion 15 is made .the cartridges fall in the position shown in that figure, due to the fact that thecartridge ends are obstructed by the barrier 15, so that the opposite free ends fall first, and thus assume the overlapping position required to prevent the improper interlocking of the rims. Figs. 7 to 12,,inclusive, show a modified construction of this packet preferably employed when it is to be made of tin or other sheet metal. In this form the body 26 is folded in the usual Way and soldered at the seams. The barrier 29 is preferably made of the same sheet metal as the body and is solderedto the inner side of the packet near one end. The ripping-0E cover 28 is secured to the edges of the packet with solder sufficiently to bewater-tight, while avoiding an extended area of solder sufficient to prevent the cover from being readily torn oif by the finger of the -operator.; To this end also the barrier 29 is located somewhat below the edge of the packet, as shown in Fig. 12, so that the cover 28 will. not be soldered to it, but wili have soldered connection only with the thin;

edges of the sheet metal. One end of the cover 28 is preferably provided with a ring I and that ring when not in use may be folded The cover 18 for thezpasteboard packetisi closed bymeans offa' metallic. cover 32, of the same metal asthe rest of the packet. 'It will usually be .foundinost' convenient, to solder the ripping-0E cover--28 in "place upon the packet before 'filli-ng the latter with carf tridges, leaving the cover 32 l'oose; to enable ,thefpacke-tto bevfilledfrom that -jside, after which the cover'isi;pnt-in "place and finally soldered gffFor this purpose *ili Will be found convenient to provide the cover with turned up edges 33 tofit upon the outsideof il'tllfe bbx and to facilitate the'closing and final 'soldering-operations 7 .gpacket may, faften being soildered be provided w-ith'fia tp'aper twrapper 35,"havin g upon it' thep'rinted designations, instructions, and any other information that, may be desired.v

ii'lzhislmetallic form of This wrapper may'ibepasted over thecover 28 and'upon-the sides of the packet and lap beneaththefpacketalong theinclinedside In filling and sealing these packets after-J 36,- as'best shown infFig; 9 p

Lclai-rn as my invention- I 1. A cartridge-packet having a body portion, a ripping-elf cover, and a barrier for the bullet ends of the cartridges attached to the bodyof the packet beneath and independent of the ripping-off cover. f

2. A cartridge-packet having a body portion, a barrier attached to the body and overname to this specification in the presence of lying the bullet ends of the cartridges, a riptwo subscribing witnesses. ping-01f cover comprising a separate piece of material lying above and unattached to the CHARLES ROSS 5 barrier, and a paper Wrapper lying over the Witnesses:

cover and attached to the body of the packet. JOSEPH A. BENNETT,

In testimony whereof I have signed my OWEN P. BREEN. 

